Chattanooga Personal Injury Blog

Vehicles come in all shapes and sizes these days, and they also come with a wide variety of safety features. Semi trucks have a lot of those same safety features and a few that are specifically for the protection of people in smaller vehicles.

One of these that safety experts have recently deemed necessary is underride guards.

Some elderly family members may require special assistance, and those who cannot provide it themselves sometimes trust care facilities to aid in this area. Unfortunately, some care facilities and staff do not provide proper care and may sometimes neglect their residents.

In such cases, it may be possible to file a claim against the facility or caretaker. To build a successful claim, claimants should fully understand the different types of elder abuse.

As inconvenient as it is to be involved in a car accident in the Chattanooga area, imagine the impact on your overall health and lifestyle if you do not handle the aftermath properly. Car accidents do not just damage vehicles, they can have a serious and long-lasting effect on your physical and mental health and lifestyle. They can mean the difference between being able to continue to support yourself and family and struggling to pay huge medical bills as well as living expenses.

You may want to minimize the event so you can move on with your life by rushing through things. Even if you know the right protocol to use, you may feel like cutting corners. However, the more effort you put into dealing with the aftermath, the more you can minimize its impact.

Nursing home abuse and neglect can come in many different forms. Family members place their loved ones in the care of an assisted living or nursing home facility with the expectation that their loved one's physical, mental and emotional needs are met. When caring for your loved one becomes too much on your own, you trust that the professionals at the institution take over in ways you would approve of, but this is not always the case.